Lepers Special Train Described From Charlestown Route
A vivid account follows the Lepers Special as it stops at stations to gather leprosy patients from the East and transport them to the Government Hospital at Dhera-Dun. The narrator, William McLaughlin of Charlestown, recalls escort duties, the train’s guards, and the stark scenes of passengers in ragged clothes with deformities, while noting hospital conditions and perceptions of contagion.
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Boston
India
Charlestown
Government Hospital
Chera-Dun
William McLaighlin
North Mead Street
Birmingham
Eng
Sutherland
Itral
Scischarg
McLaughlin A
Berlin
Cy Bailey
Pers
Pot
National
Tei
Interland
Washington
Lucknow
Dorahan- Jes
Bareilly
Aligarah
Chandousie
Marada
Bad Seas Ralles
Laksar
Maintele
Dhera-Dun
McLaughlin
England
Regim
Argyll and Sutherland ‘Highlanders
France
St. Jean
Flanders
Copenhagen Plans Free Harbor Modernization
Copenhagen moves to upgrade its free harbor to boost transit trade with Russia and boost warehousing. Warehousing capacity rises from 90,000 to over 122,700 square meters by end of 1917. Christiania revival of the project and talk of a northern Norway transit harbor are reported.
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Copenhagen
Russia
Christiana
Norway
Colonel Leads Mixed American Force In Mexican Campaign
Colonel W H Allaire of the 16th infantry, sole regimental commander among ten units, directs the camp, brigades, patrols and intelligence for the expedition. He oversees health and morale at a desolate front with Villa threats and a Carranza garrison at El Valle, two miles from camp.
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el Valle Sant'Buena Ventura
Mexico
el Valle
Carranza
Colonel Harts to Lead Inauguration Ceremonies
Colonel William W. Harts of the United States Army will serve as master of ceremonies for the coming inauguration if he keeps his post as superintendent of public buildings and grounds in Washington. The long held role by Army engineer corps officers involves managing the Capitol and spectator stands on inauguration day.
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William W. Harts
United States Army
Washington
Army Engineer Corps
Ambulance Corps Bravely Aids French Frontline War Effort
A Red Cross ambulance unit reports rapid expansion with Harjes Norton and a new S section to support one French Army corps. They describe constant shelling of hospitals, tough conditions, and French troops' cheerfulness amid mud and cold. Prisoners say they have had enough as American Lafayette Kits reach Poilus.
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France
Eliot
Red Cross
Harjes
Norton’s
Heine
Bosche
America
Lafayette Society
New York
American Gift Chain to France Connects Ballroom to Trenches
In Paris the American Clearing House at 5 Rue Francois Premier coordinates gifts from Americans to French soldiers. Company by company, gifts such as candles, sweaters, raincoats, towels, soap, needles, thread, socks, and mufflers are distributed to battalions with speeches from French captains. The effort, run entirely by Americans, also provides bandages and hospital supplies to hospitals.
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America
Rue Francois Premier
Paris
France
Nortons
Richard Norton
American Clearing House
Native Troops Hardiness Questioned By Field Surgeon
Near Verdun a field hospital chief surgeon reports colonial native troops are not as hardy as French city whites. He says whites tolerate pain better, noting natives suffer similar wound effects and larger pain complaints. Separate item notes Fargo High School fire from chemical explosion causes $100,000 loss and narrowly misses injuries to 56 night class students.
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Europe
Ian Hay
Capt
Beith
India
Home
England
Coucher
Tommy
Verdun
France
Fargo High School
Fargo
N. D
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Harts
U.S. A
COL
WM W.harts
Ambulance Corps
Brill Brothers
Main Street
Golden Hill Street
Bridgeport
New
Philip Mills
John F. Fay
Fairfield Avenue
Parniture
Pictorial Review Dress
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